The Primordial Era: The Mythical Path Beginning with the Jie Sect

Chapter 28 The Primordial Beginning Bestows Treasures
"What kind of magical artifact does your teacher consecrate?"

Yuanshi Tianzun was a little curious. He knew about most of Tongtian's spiritual treasures, and had already refined them long ago. Why was he refining them again?
"Oh, it's like this. My senior sisters and I were preparing to establish a Daoist temple, so we started looking for immortal islands in the East Sea. By chance, we found Yingzhou Island. On Yingzhou Island, we discovered the Primordial Measuring Ruler and the Pure World White Lotus. Knowing that these two spiritual treasures could suppress the sect's fortune, we offered them to our teacher. After accepting them, our teacher bestowed the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation upon us."

Zhou Chen didn't hide anything and gave a general account of Yingzhou Island. Actually, there was no point in hiding it. At the Saint level, there was basically no such thing as sneak attacks, because everyone was immortal and cared about face. Sneak attacks were a despicable act, and the Tongtian Sect Master would disdain doing such a thing. That's why Zhou Chen told him.

"Excellent! Not even tempted by such a priceless treasure, Tongtian has taken on a fine disciple!"

The Primordial Celestial Venerable looked at Zhou Chen with even greater appreciation, and then said to Zhou Chen:
"Now that you have cultivated the Tao, you understand the importance of fortune. Actually, the main conflict between me and your teacher lies in your teacher's method of accepting disciples. The teachings of the Jie Sect are recognized by the Heavenly Dao, so how could the Chan Sect, as a sect that follows the Heavenly Dao, not recognize them?"

The Jie Sect has no supreme treasure to suppress its fortune, and it spreads its teachings indiscriminately. If this continues, the Jie Sect's fortune will eventually be squandered by those unruly disciples, leading to the sect's demise. This is something my senior brother and I do not wish to see. After all, we are brothers for countless eons, but... alas!

Zhou Chen was also taken aback by Yuanshi Tianzun's words. Given Yuanshi Tianzun's proud personality, he would never stoop to lying to him. This situation might offer a new explanation for the Investiture of the Gods war.

Perhaps it was because the two elder brothers, Yuanshi Tianzun and Taishang Laozi, wanted to clean up the corrupt elements in their respective sects, stabilize the fortune of the Jie Sect, and complete the task of bestowing gods, but as the fighting progressed, some issues between the disciples, coupled with Tongtian Jiaozhu's lack of understanding, led to the severing of the bond between the Three Pure Ones and a real fight breaking out.

Of course, this is just Zhou Chen's guess. We'll have to wait until the Investiture of the Gods to find out the truth. Of course, Zhou Chen isn't entirely sure if the Investiture of the Gods will even happen, because he's not sure if it's a major or minor event. But he, Zhou Chen, has already taken one of the 365 righteous gods in the Heavenly Court.

This is a Heavenly and Earthly position recognized by the Heavenly Dao, yet Haotian went to Zixiao Palace to cry and beg the Dao Ancestor. What's even more outrageous is that this Heavenly and Earthly position has become something that people despise.

This is a karmic position that can repay the karmic debts of heaven and earth! Whether or not it can be fully repaid, at least it can greatly delay the time for heaven and earth to settle karmic debts. This kind of karmic position that is so sought after has become something that various religions despise. Not only did it cause a great calamity, but it also created the Investiture of the Gods, a bizarre operation of being listed after death.

After the Investiture of the Gods, they were indeed not very free. They had divine duties and needed to take responsibility for certain things. But couldn't they have created a clone or a Dao body or something similar?
Without such a karmic position in the universe, it is not easy to repay the karmic debts of heaven and earth. After all, one's name is not legitimate, and it is not so easy. Otherwise, there would be no great calamities in the universe. Since the birth of the primordial world, countless cultivators have been purged by heaven and earth. What are Great Luo Golden Immortals, Quasi-Saints, and even Great Divine Powers?

But Zhou Chen was speechless that such a good opportunity had been turned into this.

"That's just how our teacher is, so there's no need for Master Uncle to worry. Fortunately, our teacher now has the Primordial Measuring Ruler and the Pure World White Lotus to suppress the sect's fortune. As for those who corrupt the sect's fortune, we can deal with them when the opportunity arises."

Zhou Chen also said seriously, "To be honest, some disciples of the Jie Sect are really not good-natured. After all, there are all kinds of birds in a crowd. Although Zhou Chen has not yet encountered any Jie Sect disciples who slaughter the human race, this is because they are in the midst of the Lich War and dare not venture into the calamity."

Given the low character of these disciples of the Jie Sect, once the Lich War is over, Zhou Chen is certain that these disciples will use the name of the Sage's disciples to wreak havoc in the prehistoric world, and many of them will harm the human race.

Zhou Chen wouldn't hold back against such disciples, but since it hasn't happened yet, he has no reason to eliminate these parasites. If he killed these disciples of the Jie Sect without a reason, wouldn't that be fratricide?
Without a doubt, Tongtong will definitely use the newly acquired Hongmeng Measuring Ruler to stage a scene of "father-son-like affection" with Zhou Chen.

Yuanshi Tianzun nodded, waved his hand, and a purplish-black gourd flew towards Zhou Chen.

"This gourd was picked from Mount Buzhou. It contains chaos within itself. Today, I bestow it upon you for protection and use. Consider it a gift from your senior uncle to celebrate your embarkation on the path of cultivation."

Zhou Chen took the gourd and quickly thanked him.

Zhou Chen knew a lot about this gourd. There were seven of these innate gourds in total, formed from the top-grade innate spiritual root gourd vine.

After it matured, it was taken away by seven powerful beings.

The Purple-Gold Gourd, acquired by Laozi, was later used by his three-corpse avatar, Taishang Laojun, to store elixirs. It contains the principles of Yin and Yang, the power of the two polarities, forming its own universe. This gourd can absorb all things and devour heaven and earth.

The red gourd was obtained by Taoist Hongyun and is called the Nine-Nine Soul-Scattering Gourd.

The Immortal-Slaying Gourd was obtained by Donghuang Taiyi, who, after passing away, passed it on to his nephew, Lu Ya Daoren. This gourd shone brightly in the Investiture of the Gods war.

Lu Ya Dao Ren successfully used the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife to kill powerful enemies such as Bai Li, demonstrating its formidable power. Furthermore, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife also killed Yu Yuan with a single blow, its power astonishing.

The demon-summoning gourd was obtained by Nuwa, who used it to make a demon-summoning banner that could summon all demons in the world.

The Water and Fire Gourd was obtained by the Tongtian Sect Leader.

The Chaos Gourd was obtained by Yuanshi Tianzun, but unexpectedly, it was bestowed upon Zhou Chen by Yuanshi Tianzun.

The other gourd has disappeared without a trace. It is said that it was taken back by the Dao Ancestor Hongjun and eventually bestowed upon Haotian.

"Thank you so much, Master Uncle, for bestowing this treasure!"

Zhou Chen bowed respectfully in thanks.

Yuanshi Tianzun nodded and asked Zhou Chen if he had any questions about his cultivation. Zhou Chen took the opportunity to ask a few questions, which Yuanshi Tianzun answered before letting the Antarctic Immortal take Zhou Chen down.

After leaving Jade Void Palace, the two strolled around Kunlun Mountain for a while. Zhou Chen also gave the Antarctic Immortal a few pointers on cultivation matters before bidding him farewell.

"Senior Brother Antarctica, it's time for me to return to Biyou Palace. Judging by the time, our teacher's sermon is almost here."

As Zhou Chen spoke, he also took out ten Life Tree Fruits and handed them over.

"Senior brother, this is something I obtained from Yingzhou. Please have a taste!"

"this…"

(End of this chapter)